good morning. it is monday, march 19, 2012. welcome to studio 57 at the cbs broadcast center. i'm charlie rose. new details emerge of the soldier at the center of the afghan massacre, we hear about his past from someone who served with him and we'll look ahead to the future with his attorney. then we'll speak with rick santorum about tomorrow's primary in the key battleground state of illinois. i'm gayle king. security alert in france after a man kills four people outside a jewish school. plus outrage in florida as the family of an unarmed teen gunned down by a neighbor demands that the fbi get involved in this case. i'm erica hill. the man behind kony 2012, the viral video, is recovering from

a public meltdown caught on camera. kate middleton prepares to deliver her first official speech today. as we morning, we begin with a look at today's eye-opener, your world in 90 seconds. never thought something like this would happen to him. he's a normal guy. not normal now. >> the alleged afghan shooter to meet with his attorney today. >> army staff sergeant robert bales is behind bars at ft. l eleven worth kansas. >> as con flekting details emerge about the man behind the massacre. >> reported to have deep money troubles. >> nobody kills money and children because they have financial stressors. >> all the delegates in that contest are ours, so that's -- that's good news. >> mitt romney pocketeds puerto rico while rick santorum looks to swing the momentum in illinois. >> we're hanging in there because people are saying you

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>> to see that rick santorum now have secret service with him on the campaign trail, i think it's the first time he's actually ever used protection, so -- yeah 37 yeah. welcome to "cbs this morning." it has been more than a week since 16 unarmed civilians were massacred in afghanistan. we're starting to get a clearer picture of the american soldier accused of the killings. >> lewis/mcchord was the home base of staff sergeant bales. >> reporter: cbs news learned staff sergeant bales is to be accused of the killings this week. people who know him say it's hard to believe he could be involved in something so horrific staff sergeant bales

sits in military prison in ft. leavenworth, kansas, but his friends and neighbors remember bales as a man of honor. >> the thing i really remember is him in his uniform with his pants tucked inside of his boots. he was crisp, clean military. >> he felt that he needed something bigger in his heart and his mind and his soul, that's why he went in the military. >> reporter: bales joined the army shortly after 9/11, already 27 years old. captain chris alexander served with bales and has known him for years. alexander would only agree to an audio interview. >> bales is an extremely professional nco. no job too menial or too dangerous and he would always get it done and get it done very well. >> reporter: star sergeant bales has secured services of john henry brown, who left seattle yesterday, talking to reporters upon his arrival in kansas city to meet his client face to face for the first time.

>> everybody has had three or four deployments to the middle east is probably going to have some form of ptsd. he had a concussive head injury, which can be as serious if not more serious than ptsd. >> reporter: his wife, who kept a running blog, talked about the strains the repeated deployments were putting on them. financial stresses, a house she bought before their marriage was reportedly in foreclosure. their family home was put on the market just this month for $50,000 less than they paid. >> nobody goes and kills women and children because they are financial stresses. >> reporter: but there were other signs of stress. he was charged with assaulting a girlfriend in 2002, but after undergoing anger management, the charges were dropped. this police report describing a 2008 hit-and-run accident. bales admits he hit a sign post but he says he fell asleep. witnesses say they saw a man running away, bloody and

smelling of alcohol. now he's seeking support for his legal fees, stemming from his alleged crimes in afghanistan. >> something terribly bad has happened to him. i think anybody in the military that's been in combat certainly understands the stress these guys have been going through. >> reporter: now, observers expect a long legal process. a court-martial is expected. plenty of time for all of these competing ideas about bales to be discussed and debated. >> bill whitaker, thank you retch. peter van sant is in ft. leavenworth, kansas. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. >> you talked with the attorney. what does he say and what do you read from what he says? >> reporter: well, john henry brown we met with late last night. he and his colleague emma scanlon met with us and they have their first military document in hand. they were given it during a meeting last night with the

military jag attorney. they met for an hour. this initial finding of fact document is 10 to 15 pages long. when i met with the attorney, they had not yet read the document but they believe it has eyewitness accounts and also military conclusions of what happened on that night of march 11th. >> what are we learning about what happened? >> reporter: well, it's a very complicated picture, to say the least. john henry brown will be in this facility behind, meeting face to face with robert bales beginning at 9 a.m. eastern time today. they have set aside as much as eight hours. it will be john henry brown, who, by the way, is the lead defense attorney on this case, not the j.a. gncg. attorney bro eight hours of questioning. and john henry brown told me, he doesn't know what to expect at this meeting today because he's dealt with clients in the past who have had traumatic brain injury and they've sometimes

looked at him and said, i don't remember. >> what about in terms of what you're learning or what brown has told you? have there been any psychiatric evaluations in the past? >> reporter: yes, the army after a -- one of these concussive brain injuries, they do an evaluation. but it's been described to me, not by the defense team but by others, as a bit of a cursory medical examination. the idea is to try to get these people back out into the field as quickly as possible. remember, there's a number of these ied concussive effects, effects hundreds and hundreds of our soldiers over there. in fact, the morning of this massacre, robert bales had witnessed a colleague's league blown off by an ied and had experienced some of that concussive effect. what they're finding in research, this is not spin from a defense team, the true research, that one of the results of this kind of injury

can be a loss of impulse control. if you combine that with post-traumatic stress disorder, it's a deadly cocktail. >> peter, one quick question. who brought in the attorney, john henry brown? >> reporter: i'm sorry, have you to say again. >> who brought in the attorney, mr. brown, if he's not a j.a.g. attorney? >> reporter: mr. brown was brought in because robert bales' wife had seen him on television in washington state, he represented the barefoot bandit, and got a very successful settlement in that case. that's john henry brown's specialty, by the way, settlements, negotiated settlements. his goal in this, to make sure that robert bales does not get the death penalty. he also said last night, he intends to put the government on trial in this case. >> thank you. we want to get to breaking news out of france. four people, including three students, shot and killed

outside a youish school in toulouse this morning. a man open fire in front of a school, a father, his two young sons were killed. the suspect got away on a motorcycle. french security have upped security across all schools. mitt romney won primary in puerto rico but rick santorum says he's not giving up. >> mitt romney won by 83%. he took all 20 delegates. santorum had 8%, gingrich 2%. the next stop is illinois and that's where we find jan crawford. >> reporter: good morning. this republican primary fight has gone on way longer than anyone ever expected. even just a few weeks ago no one would have thought illinois, with 69 delegates, would turn out to be as crucial as it's shaping up. >> i wish you could vote for me. >> reporter: mitt romney had hoped by now the race would be over.

>> hi there. how are you doing? >> reporter: instead, the romneys spent their day campaigning across illinois, headaching hands in rockford and flipping pancakes in moline, while keeping up the attack on main rival, rick santorum. >> senator santorum has the same economic lightweight background the president has. >> reporter: making the rounds on the sunday shows, santorum fired back. >> if mitt romney is an economic heavyweight, we're in trouble. because he was 47th out of 50 in job creation in the state of massachusetts when he was governor. >> reporter: romney argues he's the only candidate to get enough delegates to get the nomination and he's also the best candidate to challenge obama in fund-raising. >> we need a nominee who has the organization and capacity to raise money to be competitive. >> reporter: his arguments have failed to seal the deal. the republican national committee is preparing for how to deal with a brokered convention and contested

delegates between the four republican candidates. but the chairman of the republican national committee said the excitement of the primaries will be good for the party. saying it didn't slow down barack obama, despite a bruising fight with hillary clinton in the 2008 democratic primary. >> barack obama and hillary clinton nearly gouge each other's eyes out. and what happened? he won. >> reporter: meanwhile, newt gingrich, who's effectively conceded illinois, stepped off the campaign trail, spending time in washington over the weekend to see the cherry blossoms. now, ron paul also basically conceded, leaving it to romney and santorum to slug it out. a poll taken last week had romney with a slight four-point lead. as we've seen in this race repeatedly, those leads can slip away pretty fast. >> thanks very much. former pennsylvania senator, rick santorum. senator, good morning. >> good morning, charlie.

>> what is your path to the nomination? tell me how you're going to win enough delegates to win this nomination. >> yeah. i think, you know, we just go out and in every single state. that's what we've been doing. we compete here. as mentioned in the report by -- that this is a two-person race here in illinois. we'll pick up substantial number of delegates here. we hope to win here. i mean, this is a tough state. but -- and we're being outspent ten to one, but we have a great grass roots effort and we feel confident we'll be competitive here. louisiana coming up on saturday. we spent yesterday in louisiana. we think we can win there. keep going on and trying to win. if the other people stay in the race, it will be hard for anyone to get to that magic number, but if, you know, we believe that we get to the convention, charlie, that the convention will nominate a conservative. they will not nominate the establishment moderate candidate, you know, from massachusetts. >> there are those who are

arguing -- or noticing that -- taking note of the fact that you declined to answer this question. if you could not see your way to enough delegates and it looked like it would not be a brokered convention, you have said you'll decline to say you would drop out. what i've said is i think so it's going to be very difficult as this goes on for anybody to get to the -- to that magic number. and what i'm going to do is continue to work hard to make sure there's a conservative who's the nominee of this party. we cannot win this election. we have proven in the past. when we nominate moderates, nominate, you know, tweedledum versus tweedledee. we win elections when there are bold contrasts and that's what we'll do in this election. that's why we believe ultimately we will be the nominee. >> what do you think the chances of a brokered convention are? >> i don't know. i think, obviously, they're increasing with congressman gingrich staying in the race and congressman paul staying in the

race. we see in these caucuses that each of them, even some of the primaries, they pull delegates. our delegate calculation has governor romney far below 50%. we think there's a lot of primaries coming up, includings. texas will be another great state for us. we feel very good we're going to continue to win and do well. you know, the people in this country will have an opportunity to get a conservative against barack obama. that's what i think most republicans would like to see. >> do you believe that there are particular issues of concern to women more than other voters? >> oh, i think women are a diverse group, just like men are a diverse group. i think the idea of trying to buttonhole people into one particular group or, you know, philosophy is -- has been tried. just doesn't work. the bottom line is, you know, we -- when i was in

pennsylvania, we did very well, very similar among men and women. the same thing in this election. you know, some states we win women, other states, you know, we lose. it really has to do with what your principles and your core is. i have a core. i'm someone who has really strong convictions about the limited role of government, about the importance of having a strong defense, you know, lowering taxes and getting regulation down. that's a sharp contrast with mitt romney, who is for romney care, the blueprint for obama care, advocated for romney care, advocated for mandates at the federal level. this is someone who doesn't have a core. he's been on both sides of almost every single issue in the past ten years. >> but when you go to your website, you talk about president obama being an appeaser. you talk about being soft on pornography and those kind of things, rather than the bread and butter economic issues that you say are essential to who will win. en only the nomination but also the general election.

>> well, charlie, on our website we are a whole lot of issues. i mean, that's important for people to know what your position is on a whole variety of issues. people write in, they ask, reporters ask, and, you know, we're very transparent. believe me, there isn't just one issue. mitt romney thinks this election is going to be about who can best manage the nanny state of washington. no. this election is about freedom. this election is about a fundamental change in washington, d.c. this is about, you know, reducing and -- the size of government, getting government out of people's lives, particularly when it comes to their health and energy and financial services and banking. you know, we've got -- we have a government that's trying to take over different sectors of the economy. mitt romney joined barack obama in a lot of those takeovers. >> at the same time, senator mccain said recently, this is the dirtiest campaign he's ever seen. >> yeah, he should tell the guy that's -- that he's supporting to stop spending tens and tens

of millions of dollars running negative ads. it's not rick santorum running all the negative ads or even newt gingrich. it's mitt romney who systemat systematically gone out there and run a negative campaign, had no positive vision for this country and spends billionaire dollars to tear down every single opponent that's in his path. >> if newt gingrich stays in the race, does it likely ensure, ensure that mitt romney will get the nomination? >> oh, i don't know how that all plays out. i mean, we're just going to take it a state at a time. we feel confident -- look, we've won ten states. we've -- and we've done so really against all the odds. we've done it because we've had the best message, we have the best messenger and ultimately that will be successful, not just in this primary but in the general election. >> thank you. come back soon. severe weather on sunday. to tornadoes touched down in southeast oklahoma. power lines were damaged in

central nebraska. two other tornadoes hit yesterday evening near north platte and at least two homes were damaged but no injuries reported there either. the bigger concern is today, however, because there is a strong chance of violent weather across the nation's midsec, as you can see from that map on your screen. the threat of tornado in central texas, oklahoma, nebraska, and kansas. flash floods are also a possibility. it is time now to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. potentially good news if you fly and have a digital reading device. currently you have to turn your ereader off when the plane is taxiing or taking off or landing. that may change. "the new york times" reports the faa is taking a fresh look at the look at ereaders and other tablets. "usa today" reports an attempt to strip funding for bike trails from senate transportation bill has failed in the face of rising gas prices, more and more people are using bicycles, which means a little more political clout for bikers. some members tried to remove

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president obama celebrating st. patrick's day, dubliner in washington on saturday. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm charlie rose with erica, gayle. >> everyone's here. >> everyone's here. what's interesting about this, i love the way irish celebrate with good things to drink and poetry. >> and don't forget the corned beef and cabbage. and a potato. parent of an unarmed teenage boy killed in sanford, florida, are calling for the fbi to get involved in the investigation. they say recently released 911 calls prove a shooter, neighborhood watch volunteer, was not acting in self-defense as he has claims.

mark strassmann has been following this story for us. he has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. trayvon martin's parents have asked the department of justice to get involved because they believe local police and prosecutors simply haven't done the job. the admitted gunman remains free. this case has growing overtones of race and injustice. >> justice for trayvon! >> reporter: hundreds of trayvon martin supporters marched near orlando sunday, outraged three weeks after the shooting death of the 17-year-old, police are not arrested the gunman. >> i would like to see an arrest. i would like to see this man brought to justice. >> reporter: martin was visiting relatives on february 26th, walking in their subdivision on his way home from a 7/eleven store and unarmed. it was 7 p.m. george zimmerman thought martin looked suspicious and called police. >> he's got his hands in his waistband. and he's a black male. >> are you following him?

>> yeah. >> okay. we don't need to you do that. >> reporter: but zimmerman ignored the dispatcher. he caught up with martin. they fought. two minutes after zimmerman was told police would handle it, seven neighbors began calling 911 about hearing screams, then gunfire. >> so you think he's yelling help? >> yes. >> what is your name and phone number? >> there's gunshots. >> reporter: martin was dead, shot once in the chest. zimmerman told police he fired his 9-millimeter in self-defense and he has a lawful concealed weapons permit. but all martin was carrying was his cell phone, a can of iced tea and a bag of skittles. police in florida released the 911 recordings last friday after pressure from martin's family and supporters. tracy martin, the teen's father, says his son was murdered and can't understand why zimmerman is still free. so what do you want?

>> justice. they're treating this as my son is the perp. my on is the victim here. there is no reason he should have been in that situation. no reason what soef. >> reporter: to you that's not a legit claim of self-defense in this? >> can't be self-defense. no way. what was he going to attack him with, a pack of skittles? >> reporter: florida has a gun law, stand your ground law, which allows wide latitude in using deadly force if someone feels reasonably threatened. george zimmerman has given no interviews and now prosecutors have to see if zimmerman met state standards and deserves to be free. >> jack ford joins us. good morning. >> good morning. >> help me understand, why is this man not in custody, questioned? >> primarily because of what mark said, the law in florida is just very, very different here. a quick primer on the law of

self-defense. we've always said if you're inside your own home, the theory your home is your castle, you can use force, even deadly force to defend yourself, as long as you reasonably believe that your life is in jeopardy in some fashion. most of the time, it was different out on the street. out on the street before you can use deadly force, most jurisdictions require that you first try to retreat. see if you can get away safely before you take out the gun and blow somebody away. but florida's law is different. florida has a law, along with 17 states, that says you can stand your ground, which means you don't have that obligation to try to run first. so, as long as -- in florida, as long as you have a reasonable belief that your life and safety is in danger, you can use force to defend yourself, even deadly force. that's the situation they're suggesting. >> do the 911 tapes tell us something? >> they're interesting. they're interesting fact because they're suggesting that he's -- they say to him, don't start this. don't -- >> yeah don't engage. >> don't engage. now, he has said he went into

talk with him and that he has said he was then the one who was attacked. he claimed as a consequence of that, zimmerman claims as a consequence of that, he was entitled to defend himself. the big question is, who was the aggressor here? and that's what the prosecutor's office is going to have to determine, because right now, mr. zimmerman is saying that he was the victim. and that trayvon martin was the aggressor. the prosecutor has to see, is there somebody else out there that can tell a different story. >> there's only two people that know what happened and one is dead. zimmerman is saying, you know, trayvon was the aggressor. now zimmerman's family has released a statement saying, listen, he's a spanish-speaking minority person with a lot of family members that are also black. he's the last person to call a racist. it's so hard and inconceivable for people to understand that even if trayvon attacked him, let's just go with his story he did, he was still unarmed. he had skittles and a can of iced tea. even if he's telling the truth, why is he still not been

arrested? >> that's an interesting question. the answer to the last part, why has he not been arrested, as you said, only two people were there. one of them is dead and the other one, zimmerman, has said, i was the victim here. i was being attacked. which explains why he wasn't -- >> attacked with what? >> but here's the thing about that. you can use deadly force -- >> if. >> -- if you have a gun, even if the other person doesn't have a gun, as long as you reasonably believe have you to do that to defend yourself. all of these cases are driven by the specific facts. that's why the prosecutor's office is taking some time to try to sort this out, to see what direction they go. if they can find somebody else who says that zimmerman was not, in fact, defending himself, that he was the aggressor, because you can't flip it around. >> what about -- >> if you're the aggressor, you can't claim self-defense. >> also as we heard on the tape is the fact that the 911 operator said, don't follow. you don't need to do that. apparently he did. how did that come into play? >> if i'm the prosecutor i'm looking at that saying, does that shift the roles? by him confronting him, did he become the aggressor or, as

mr. zimmerman is saying, he just walked up and asked him some questions and then he was victimized. that's why the -- >> what's a reasonable amount of time? >> for an investigation? i would say there's no real particular time. i mean, they're going to take whatever time it takes them to find out if there's somebody else out there. we've heard there are some ear witnesses, eyewitnesss in some parts of it, but they'll have to determine, is there somebody else out there that can shed some light on this, that can give them a factual basis who was not one of the two people involved in the case. >> people speaking up. really glad people are speaking up. >> glad to have you with us this morning. apple has a big decision to make. what should the company do with nearly $100 billion in cash? well, that decision could actually have major repercussions. we'll take a look at that. and tomorrow an investigation into the dangers of speeding by the police. are they actually putting lives in danger? you're watching "cbs this morning."

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♪ a debate over artistic license and journalistic integrity has erupted after national public radio retracted a widely publicized story by off-broadway performer mike dazy, complaining apple computer products are being manufactured in china under sweat-like shop conditions. >> now some of the claims have found to be fault and he says it was all just theater. seth doane is here with us this morning to explain where it stands today. welcome. >> morning to both of you. this story about apple's working conditions in china forms the basis for his popular off-broadway show but some details were passed off as fact to media outlets around the world. >> i had never thought, ever in a dedicated way about how they were made. >> reporter: solo performer mike dazy is talking about apple, one

of the world's most successful conditions and recognizable brand. >> ipad is the perfect expression. >> reporter: apple and chinese assembly plants are the focus of his one-man show. the agony and the ecstacy of steve jobs. in it he describes the conditions chinese factory workers are forced to endure. as they assemble some of the company's and the world's most popular products. >> the biggest company you've never heard of. >> reporter: he claims to have made these oaks on a visit to a factory owned by chinese manufacturing company foxcon in 2010. he wasn't allowed to enter the facility but he says he interviewed hundreds of workers outside the company gates who spoke of long hours, on-the-job injuries and child labor. >> i met workers who were 14 years old. i met workers who were 13 years old. i met workers who were 12. do you really think apple doesn't know?

>> reporter: he portrayed all this as fact during the media blitz to promote his critically acclaimed hoe. >> china has labor laws, too. we helped draft them. apple and other companies simply ignore them completely. >> reporter: but his claims were never properlily verified by any news organization. then in january an investigation led by public radio journalist rob schmitz revealed much of what he said about apple is false. "the new york times," the associated press, msnbc and cbs are among news agencies that he knowingly misled. >> he's telling the news agencies this is what he saw and news media has told their listeners and viewers. >> reporter: in response, npr, which once broadcasted an excerpt from his stage show issued a full retraction. in a radio interview on "this merng life" he was confronted by host ira glass for compromising the show's journalistic

integrity. >> you know, i feel like -- i feel like i vouched for you with our audience, based on your word. >> i'm sorry. >> now, mike maintains because he works in theater he's not governed by the same rules as journalists. he says he's free to take artistic license and embellish details fort sake of the audience. we reached out to apple but the company declined to comment. >> thank you, seth. apple is the -- apple is in the news for another reason. it has a big announcement this morning. we have more on that. good morning. >> good morning to you, charlie. so, it looks like this announcement could very likely be a dividend payment. we're looking at something potentially an annual payment of $14.64 per share. that seems like the most likely outcome according to the analysts i'm talking to. the reason for that might be that, for example, steve jobs was somebody who really was against this. i mean, apple hasn't paid a

dividend for 17 years now. but all of a sudden, you have a new guy in charge, tim cook, and for the last several months he's been signaling to the market this may be something they're willing to do with the money. that would open up apple to a whole new range of investors. there's a lot of people in this country who own apple stock in their retirement savings. the people who don't own are it are those who happen to own funds that only invest in dividend-paying stocks. this would open up apple to a whole new range of investors as a result. >> the reason not to pay a dividend, according to steve jobs and many other people, you know how to do more with the money than pay it out as a dividend. >> that is the reason steve jobs made. now, what apple is doing with that money, which they're sitting on, is basically getting paid a very minimal amount of interest which is why so many people have said, at least do something with the money. it may not be a dividend payment we hear about at 9:00 eastern today but that's the most likely scenario or a buy back of their

shares. >> or if you have some great acquisition to make, go buy it. >> exactly. i mean, there's banter about the multiple acquisitions that apple could make, $100 billion is a lot of money. they could buy twitter, $10 billion. facebook would be $100 billion acquisition. but in order to do that, apple would have to take a lot of money back from overseas and pay a lot of taxes on that money. as a result, they're much less likely to make an acquisition of that size. >>

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it is 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i am gayle king. really, i'm not robin roberts. i do have a story behind that. do you ef get me mixed up with robin roberts? >> not am-n my entire life. >> i was at the airport this pack weekend. i get out of the car, a tmz reporter says, ms. roberts, i have a question for you. i said, i'm not miss roberts. oh, i thought you were somebody famous. nope, not anybody famous. let's put up the picture. that i said, all black people don't look alike. >> what did he say when you said that? >> i'm not surprised you said

that at all. >> no, it's true. >> no, and then he went away. someone clearly tipped him off and then he gayle, gayle, i had a rough night. what do you think about bobbi kristina and nick? i said, i'm miss roberts, i'm not taking questions. do you ever get micked up? >> some people think i'm charlie. >> no, really. >> peter jennings. >> i can see that. >> you? >> erica hill always. >> yeah. >> i'm charlie rose along with erica hill. the viral video sensation kony 2012 that seemed to grab the world spotlight in one short week is grabbing attention once again. >> this time for very different reasons. jason russell, film maker and co-founder behind that video was arrested last week after a bizarre incident on the streets of san diego, all caught on tape. brian rooney reports on what may

have contributed to his very public meltdown. >> reporte >> for 26 years kony has been kidnapping children into his rebel group. >> reporter: very few had heard of joseph kony until the most popular viral video over. >> who are you to end the war? i'm here to tell you, who are you not to? >> reporter: jason russell, the film's creator, also gained international name recognition with the film's success. >> this video is not the answer. >> reporter: but now russell is an overnight sensation of another kind. after video cameras were turned on him. seen here on the website tmz naked, rambling and possibly masturbating on a san diego street corner. his organization, invisible children, said he spent the weekend hospitalized, suffering dehydration and malnutrition.

a victim of his own success. >> show this to as many as possible. >> reporter: russell has dedicated his life to ending joseph kony's 26-year rein of terror in the african bush. the film was made by russell and colleagues at invisible children to spotlight the war crimes of which kony is accused of and focus international attention on his capture. >> in order for the people to care, they have to know. and they will only know if kony's name is everywhere. >> reporter: but despite its instant popularity, the movie and the organization came under heated attack. some ugandan critics say it gave kony too much attention. it was the view of a black african problem, mostly to the eyes of white people. and how, some asked, after $14 million raised, did russell manage to spend nearly $9 million making a 30-minute video? >> our goal is for 500,000 people to see it. but in just over a week and a half, it was almost 100 million people. which was incredible, but it

also came with the attention and the pressure of the global media spotlight. that was hard for all of us, but it was especially hard for jason, because the story was so personal for him and his family. >> what do you think we should do about it? >> we should stop him. >> reporter: russell was not charged with a crime. his wife danica issued a statement saying jason has never had a substance abuse or drinking problem. ♪ >> reporter: video like a rebel's gun can be used to shoot anyone and russell's meltdown was shot from two embarrassing angles. family and friends say they're taking care of him while the campaign against joseph kony continues. for "cbs this morning," brian rooney, los angeles. >> you know what intrigues me about this, what kind of pressure can trigger and what does it trigger that causes somebody to have this kind of a reaction? >> yeah.

i like that his wife said he does not have a drinking or drug problem. i am curious how someone is possibly masturbating. i don't know what the hell that means. i do think the work he's doing is very important. on, i hope he's going to be okay. >> yeah, i mean, you never want to see anybody have that kind of a meltdown. a lot of questions about the way things are being done there, as brian brought up. >> you wonder if there's something preexisting that was there that was triggered by whatever circumstance. >> we'll continue to follow that. meantime, there is this -- a wildfire in northeastern colorado. now 90% contained this morning as crews mop up the hot spots. about 30 0 residents in the small town of eckley were forced to evacuate. it destroyed two homes and are injuried two firefighters. evacuees

a clarification. on friday we interviewed the ceo of the sears holding corporation. we mentioned sears had not made a profit in a decade. the parent company of sears last made a profit in 2010 and for a number of years before that. this year the department stores themselves, however, have underperformed and shown decline on for several years. if you're feeling anxious, turns out you're not alone. the age of anxiety, the drug xanax, but is that a good thing to get your answer in a pill? we'll take a look at the pros and cons of the wildly used medication.

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you recognize that voice "baby let me follow you down," one of 13 songs on bob dylan's first album. he's won just about every honor musicians can. >> not too shabby. as we looked around the web this morning, we found a few reasons to make a long story short. a new study found a simple way to increase productivity at a office, according to needofficespace.com. they found if workers stopped checking their blackberry or iphone after 6:00 just once a week, they were more satisfied with their job. >> should we try that, gayle? >> no. nope. >> we all know george clooney was arrested on friday in washington, d.c. for protesting the humanitarian crisis in sudan. but did you know who he called first? his mom.

that's according to "the huffington post." arrested with his dad. >> that's why we love george clooney. if your child gets lost in day dreams it could be a sign he or she has a sharper mind. london telegraph shows people who are distracted have more working memory, allowing them to do two things at the same time. >> i wonder if my son was just listening when he heard that one. from penthouse to the big house, the haroldsun.com says he's been arrested as a king pen, saying she sold drugs on bath salts. >> the tsa has apparently done it again. this video found businessinsider.com shows an agent at chicago's o'hare airport patting down a boy with a broken leg. apparently looking for explosives in his body cast. the best part of this story, the 3-year-old was traveling with his family to disney world. >> he's not being aggressive for

the kid. >> still scary for the little kid. >> be scary but i'd rather be safe. something most spouses know. two-thirds of working men are dressed for success by their wives or partner. half of men are dressed by their significant other and that is a long story short. >> so when erica hill left the house this morning, you laid out dave's clothes. >> i didn't. dave does a very good job of dressing david. >> he didn't have to say, honey, you should wear -- >> no he takes care of himself very well. he dresses the kids very well. he's a fine catch, that david. >> special mommy hug to dave. the rise of xanax, millions of americans are using it to help anxiety, but are we becoming addicted? we'll talk about that right after the break. first, it is sometime for this morning's "healthwatch." here's dr. holly phillips. good morning. in today's "healthwatch," spring allergies bloom early. thanks to an unusually mild

winter, spring allergies are arriving unseasonably early this year. and if you suffer from tree pollen allergies you'll likely be the first to feel the effects. this is the fourth warmest winter since record keeping began. expert say that could mean prolonged and intense misery for those with pollen allergies, commonly known as hay fooef. if you're experiencing symptoms such as sneezing, stuffy nose, itchy eyes or headaches, you probably don't have a late winter cold but rather early spring allergies. over-the-counter treatments can help, including antihistamines, eye drops and nasal sprays, but if your symptoms are worse than normal, you may need allergy shots. the best cure is prevention. shower after spending time outside, keep your windows closed and consider using an air purifier. if all else fails, stay indoor on high pollen count days. if you steer clear of the pollen, you'll breathe a lot easier this spring. i'm dr. holly phillips.

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you brought a catholic girl home to your mother? >> right. >> why don't i write you a prescription for xanax. >> it is a funny punch line in a sitcom but xanax is the most prescribed mental health drug in the united states. it takes the edge off for millions, according to this cover story. it's a great cover in "morning" magazine. >> the article's author, lisa miller, with us this morning. >> happy to be here. >> xanax a love story. it has become a joke, especially among parents, mothers especially stressed out. just pop a xanax. >> right. it goes far deeper than that. >> just this morning someone was saying if you take a xanax and a half a glass of wine, it takes the edge off. i think really working, busy, stressed out people, this is a

very stressful time. you know, xanax is a solution. if you don't want to commit to long-term therapy or long-term drugs. it's a quick hit. >> that could be a little scary. you look at that and you say it's a solution. just this little pill. we've heard that before on a number of levels. >> that's right. >> it's your solution. >> that's right. i mean, americans love convenience, right? we love quick fixes. xanax is part of that trend. it can be extremely addictive. it was found in autopsies of heath ledger and michael jackson, allegedly found in the autopsy of whitney houston, but we don't know that yet. so people who take a lot of other stuff, too, alcohol, painkillers, more serious drugs, should not be taking xanax. >> they cezanne axe alone doesn't kill you. they were talking about when it's combined with other thing. but help me understand -- i keep hearing the phrase, takes the edge off. i've never taken -- have you ever taken it? >> no. >> i'm not making any judgment here. how does it make you foal? >> right. anxiety is characterized by

chronic worry. so, you're spinning, you're worrying about what's going to happen in the future. and what's going to happen to me and how is it going to go and what was that stupid thing i said to the boss last night? i shouldn't have said that. what's that terrible meeting i'm going to tomorrow? if you take a pill, xanax, it just makes that spinning stop. and if you're a person who does that a lot, it's a huge relief. >> do you take it if you're nervous? >> well, you know, there's a spectr spectrum, right, about being nervous. like i was nervous to come here this morning. >> did you take one this morning? >> i did not. >> i'm wondering if you hadn't taken one, what would have happened? go ahead. >> and then there's anxiety where you feel like i know i'm not going to be able to sleep. i know i'm going to be obsessing about this silly thing all day long. i know i'm going to sweat on the subway. i know i'm not going to perform well in my meeting. and then it really can be helpful. >> why do you think it's so common that would he hearing -- listen, you called it xanax a love story. i'm thinking it's bigger than

just new york. >> oh, much bigger. 46 million prescription ace year. that's a lot of prescriptions. i think it's that we're living in stressful times. i think everybody's working really hard. i think people don't have time or good insurance plans to go get therapy, which is another solution for this kind of anxiety. >> there's also, too, you mentioned -- you mentioned the tens of millions of prescriptions. there's also been a significant increase in er related incidents, up 104% from 2004 to 2009. >> people are stressed out. this is an easy solution. for people with addiction problems, it can be very harmful. >> you said you want tranquility, but you don't want a tranquil life. >> i love how you ended the piece. >> i'm a worrier but i also think my worry is good for me. i'm committed to my worrisome life and i work really hard and i get up in the morning and my adrenaline, my anxiety is very

motivating to me. and i don't want to give that up. it's part of who i am. it's part of what makes me, you know, work really hard and try to impress people and write stories for "new york" magazine. it's part of my life. i dream of going to vermont and opening an organic farm, but i don't actually want to do that. >> right. very interesting article. i think it will resonate with a lot of people. you did a nice job. >> thanks. >> nice to have you. >> thanks for coming in. we have seen her in countless public events. rarely have we heard her speak. that all changes this morning. the duchess of cambridge gave her first speech as a royal. we'll go to london to see how she did.

♪ hey, that's stadium where the titans play in nashville, tennessee. hello, hello. welcome back to "cbs this morning." kate middleton taking a big step as a new member of the royal family this morning. instead of just waving, smiling and looking like her usual fabulous self, she gave her first speech as duchess of cambridge for a very worthy cause. mark phillips is outside buckingham palace to tell us all about it. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. well, she has been a busy little duchess, kate has in this period which prince william, her husband, has been away as his other job as a helicopter pilot. normally as you say her job is to be seen and not heard at

these events but this was a speech at a children's hospital, a charity at which she was a patron. at the beginning she did seem a little nervous. >> first of all, i would like to say thank you. thank you for accepting me at a patron. thank you also for inviting me here today. you have all made me feel so welcome. and i feel hugely honored to be here to see this wonderful center. i'm only sorry william can't be here today. he would love it here. >> reporter: you bet she would have liked william to be there. kate has usually looked very good at her public appearances. it's been a year now -- almost a year since the royal wedding. and she's taken very well to her role as a member of the royal family the public very much wants to see. she not only has to meet people,

she has to prove she can publicly speak to them. >> what you do is inspirational. it is a scheibing example of the support and the care that is delivered not just here, but in the children's hospice movement at last up and down the country. the feelings you inspire, feelings of love and of hope, offer a chance to families to live a life they never thought could be possible. thank you again for inviting me here today. i feel enormously proud to be part of children's hospital and to see the wonderful life-changing work that you do. thank you. >> reporter: now, william is due to come back from his posting. he's been in the south atlantic in the falkland islands, due to be back this week. you can bet for a lot of reasons, kate will be glad to see him. >> i'll say. hey, mark, i think she passed.

what are they saying about how she did? >> reporter: everything she's done they've been very, very pleased with. she's been out and about, doing all of these appearances. the queen as we know is a woman in her mid-80s and spreading the royal load and she's picked up her share. >> why aren't we seeing more of her? i like it. but why aren't we seeing more of her? >> reporter: we're seeing more of her for the reason we're seeing less of the queen. she's not a young woman, the queen, kate is. also this family knows its public relations very well. prince harry, he sells as well. they didn't get to be where they were today without knowing a little about public relations. and we're seeing just how well they do. >> all right. thank you, mark, reporting live from london. british actor clive owens, he made his movie debut in 1988. he's had a busy and successful career on stage and screen ever since. in his new film "intruders" he

plays a father trying to protect his family from a mysterious visitor who invades their home. >> big red devil with big teeth and claws comes to you and tries to squeeze you in its jaws, just light it up and say -- >> dad. >> you're too grown up. and you'll see just a shadow and you can see it through. you stand up to them, they run away. >> clive owen, welcome to the program. nice to see you. >> nice to see you. >> tell me about the intruder. >> it was written and directed by horn collin, he did the sequel to "28 days later," and he did this great spanish film, and now it's a film that's really about -- it's about how

parents pass on their fears to their children really. and it's -- my girl -- it's two stories. one in spanish and one in english. my young girl is feeling like a presence in the room all the time. and eventually something does happen in the room. and i start to protect her but everything isn't quite what it seems. >> is it scary? >> i'll say something happens. i don't know if you know this, but i needed some depend after watching that. to charlie's credit, he says, what are xedepends. good thing you don't know. it's an adult diaper. it was so freaking scary. i don't think of you playing scary roles. i knew it was not a romantic comedy but i don't put you with scary movies. >> it's not like a standard, generic horror film. it's much more stranger and more interesting. i was a very big fan of him and i loved his films.

it's the most important way. it starts with a script. you're given a script and that's your first response. it's all about who's directing it. no point in having a great script badly directed. >> you're making a film about hemingway and the relationship you had with martha gillhorn for hbo. >> yeah, the most fantastic time. with nicole kidman. >> yeah. >> and phillip how farman, one of the great legends. >> that made me think of that because he's a great director. >> it's just that seven-year period. starts from the moment he meets martha gale owen, met in the backdrop of the civil war, they travel to china, bought a house in cuba and they had an intense, passionate time together. >> through world war ii. >> exactly. it didn't end so great. so, it's a very intense -- >> the director is walter murch. >> editor. >> excuse me. >> editor, yes. >> he found old footage -- >> he uses this device which he

had used in "the right stuff," he finds original documentary footage. all this footage from the spanish civil war. now the technology is so advanced, that if there's a gap in the frame, we can be pretty seamlessly put into it. so, we can be in a square in madrid running with everybody else and it looks seamless. looks like you're there. in terms of the scale and the scope of traveling through this movie, we travel everywhere. but it's done through sort of this technique. >> how do you get inside ernest hemingway? >> you spend eight months doing nothing else but reading. >> really immerse yourself. >> yes. i literally read everything he wrote, everything about him. i went to cuba and visited his house there. i did a tour of hemingway's flat and it's a place where you put everything in and you step off -- >> that's the great thing about acting, that part of it. >> i think about you as an actor

in particular. i saw you with jennifer aniston in "derailed" and denzel washington "inside man" so you have a wide, varied career. but when did you know, clive, as a little kid this is something you wanted to do and knew you'd be good at it? >> it was -- i remember it very clearly. i was 13 years old. and i did a school play. i played in "oliver" in my school and i walked away and said, i've got to do this. this is what i want to do. >> what was it about it? >> i don't know what it was, to tell you the truth. i fell in love with it. i was hugely fortunate because there was a little youth play in my hometown, and the man running that place in my hometown went on to run the royal shakespeare company to great success. so, i was having that kind of influence as this young boy, fell in love with theater. so, i feel i was very fortunate. >> i love when people know at an early age this is what they want to do. >> it's a great thing.

even if it doesn't pan out, to know what you're going for is very important. >> makes progress toward success and knowing what you want to do early and being obsessed by it, to spend all that time. will you go back to the theater? >> i will, yeah. i'm looking for something now. i haven't done a play for quite a long time. it all started with theater for me. it's been a while. i'm currently reading some stuff and seriously thinking about going back. >> you have daughters. how old are your daughters? >> 15 and 12. >> will you allow them to see "intruders"? >> possibly, yeah. i mean, the eldest one is at the age now where -- there was a kid in her class that has seen movies that i won't allow her to watch. it's just like, it's embarrassing. i'm like, sweetheart, you're not going to watch "closer" until you're 28. >> one thing about him, he and i have to share a passion for new york restaurants. >> we do. yes, we see each other. >> we see each other at different restaurants and know

some of the same chefs. >> yes. >> your favorite straunlt? tell me. >> i was in a restaurant called westville, and jay runs that place, said charlie had been in recently. >> i love a good place. thank you, clive. >> thank you. great to see you. >> continued success. "intruders" by the way opens in theaters on march 30th. thrill-seekers look no further, it may have been a wild winter but that doesn't mean you still can't have fun. you can now experience something they're calling the skeleton ride. the skeleton slide. going on at top speeds at a frozen track and take part in a bobsled ride,

dallas, texas, you know the skyline. spring is in the air, if you're looking for a winter thrill, you might want to head over to whistler's resort, in the canadian rockies. >> for more than just getting your snowboarding.

now you can experience the olympics bobsled and skeleton runs at extraordinary speeds. national correspondent lee cowen braved the cold and the rush of a lifetime. good morning. you survived. that's the good news. >> i did. good morning. it's called the world's fastest ice track, one that tragically claimed the olympic luge athlete before the 2010 olympic games in vancouver. but now thrill-seekers can take to the very same track on a bobsled and if that isn't scary enough, you can try heading down the very track face-first. >> reporter: some 7,000 feet into the canadian sky. a skier's paradise. snaking between the pines of the whistler black resort is a different kind of run. not for the faint of heart. it's a ribbon of ice with 16 turns and a 50-story drop, billed as the fastest sliding track in the world.

bobsleds reach speeds of close to 100 miles an hour. the skeleton, more than 80 miles an hour. it's like pure adrenaline poured over ice. and now anyone can drink it in. even me. >> most important, guys, hold on, don't let go and enjoy the ride. >> reporter: that nervous laughter is coming from a classroom full of sliding newbies, tourists about to take the ride of their lives. are you apprehensive? >> a little bit, yes. >> reporter: about what? >> the speed. >> reporter: her fear is warranted. the same track went from famous to infamous during the 2010 olympic winter games. >> this is a very sad day. >> reporter: a georgian luger was killed after he lost control and hit a pole. just before the opening ceremony. there are been other accidents, too. >> top speeds he needs. >> reporter: most recently during the world cup. the professionals who now pilot

tourists down that same slope, say it has to be respected. >> when i first drove this track, it was a concern in my own mind. >> reporter: sue calvert is one of the first women to compete in bobsledding and, thankfully, my pilot. a two-time world champion. i wouldn't be taking beginner's bobsledding if it weren't safe. it's probably fair to say you may be one of the only grandmothers driving a bobsled, right? >> yeah, i think i am the only grandmother. i don't even know if there's a grandfather out there, but -- >> reporter: those riding with me in my sled are mckenzie and luca, a couple from bellevue, washington. >> i think it will be really fun to go up on the side that fast close to the ice and not really with a roof over your head, you know? >> reporter: so, after weighing in, getting fitted for a helmet -- feels good to me -- and completing a legal waiver -- signing everything away -- we found ourselves at the top,

ready for our final instructions. >> as pilot is going through the last through corners, just lean back. you don't want to lean forward, bumping her in the head. >> reporter: then in squeezed sue, appeared a little more intimidating in her helmet. we do get to know each other very well, don't we? and then we were off. the ride starts out fast. and continues to incredibly fast. then ludicrously fast. the g-forces around the last few turns are three times your body weight. but in just 30 seconds, it's over. oh, my gosh. i'm out of breath. why am i out of breath? i didn't do anything. >> i don't remember breathing. >> reporter: i was so giddy, someone talked me into upping the ante to the skeleton. there's no driverings just me and a sled. face-first. it's not for everyone. >> between the skeleton and bobsled, the skeleton is just a little over my edge of comfort. >> reporter: why aren't you doing the skeleton?

>> because that freaks me out. even watching it on tv, i think they're all crazy. anyway, so, good luck to you on that one. >> reporter: thanks. appreciate that. and the track is clear for lee at the maple leaf start. so, back up the mountain i went. and got down on my knees, fitting since i figured a prayer was about all i had to hold onto. >> feel secure in the saddle there? >> reporter: relatively so. >> relatively so, all right. here we go. one, two, three -- >> reporter: this is where i thought perhaps i made a mistake. by the time i hit that final turn, i was doing 60 miles an hour. my face just three inches off the ice. not bad form, though. but then came the stopping part. s yep, that one hurt. but it's awesome. most had the same reaction. >> there was a moment where you're like, i don't know if i want to go any faster.

>> reporter: i did fare better than some, though. that ice can be like a belt sander. just ask chris adams. it shaved off the tip of his nose. but you went for your second run? >> it's like riding a horse. you fall off, you have to get back on again. >> reporter: fast, it's cold, it's daring, it's humbling. but for those with ice in their veins, no better way to warm up. >> wow. >> two very different experiences. >> make sure your nose is intact. >> the bobsled is like a roller coast other ice. it's great. the skeleton is like that childhood sled you had on steroids. >> would you do it again? >> i would, i would. i mean, the skeleton -- you don't see as much where you're going because you're so -- you're so close to the ice and you're trying as best you can to hold your head up, but part of what steers the sled is your shoulders on the front of the sled itself. so if you pick your head up too far -- >> so, are there things you hold onto basically underneath your body on the skeleton so you

don't fall off? >> reporter: behind you. where your hips are, yo your handles are. you hold on for dear life. >> you have family members, lee, that knew you were doing this? >> not that. the bobsledding. >> in your piece you said pure adrenaline poured over ice. you have to sign a waiver. did the bosses say, lee, you have to do this or you said, this is something i want to do. you look at the video and you said, i'm out of breath. i'm thinking it's terror. >> it was terror. >> why did you do it? because you don't have to. >> you do the bobsled, it was so much fun, so you want to take it to the next level. it's definitely not for everybody, but it was a thrill of a lifetime. it really was. when else are you going to get a chance to do that. >> and you would do it again? >> i would do it again. yeah, it's great. >> one more time, the thrill is? >> the speed. it's the speed. it is very controlled, in a matter of speaking. you're going up, you're going down. at the end of the day, you come out okay. >> thank you very much.

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here goes something, i guess. >> oh. >> we just saw lee try out the bobsled and skeleton, but this is a fourth grade girl's very first ski jump at olympic state park. congratulations to her. >> what a classic line, here goes something, i guess. >> it was the way she did it, here goes something, i guess. >> would you do do what lee did? >> yes. >> you would? you too? >> i would love to try the bobsled. i'm a little more apprehensive by the skeleton. >> i will sit here and cheer you both on. >> thank you all very much.

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